Head of Cloud Architecture

1 month ago


London Area, United Kingdom InterQuest Group Full time
  • Job Title: Head of Architecture
  • Famous Advertising Company
  • Location: West London, Hybrid – WFH 3x P/W
  • Type: Permanent | Full Time
  • Level: Senior


Are you an innovative and visionary leader with a strong technical background? a leading and globally recognized advertising company, are looking for an exceptional Head of Architecture to join their team in West London. This is your opportunity to shape the future of their architecture capabilities, driving excellence and innovation across all their digital delivery platforms.


This is a senior role that will be responsible for shaping and aligning their application architecture. This is a greenfield migration to AWS.


Key Responsibilities


1. Leadership and Line Management


  • Manage and mentor architecture team members, fostering career growth and technical expertise.
  • Conduct performance assessments and productivity reviews.
  • Ensure alignment of team capabilities with business needs through ongoing training and leadership.


2. Financial & Cost Management


  • Support engineering budget and forecast planning.
  • Champion FinOps approaches and embed unit economics KPIs for cost management.
  • Oversee technical suppliers and partners, providing governance and administrative support as needed.


3. Technical Strategy & Delivery


  • Lead and deliver the company’s architecture vision and strategy, ensuring seamless integration within delivery teams.
  • Maintain and share comprehensive documentation of architecture assets.
  • Direct and facilitate technology choices and manage their governance.
  • Ensure robust, secure, and scalable architecture solutions that align with best practices.

4. Leadership and Management:


  • Extensive experience in architecture leadership within a similar scale and agile/hybrid environment.
  • Proven success in leading and developing high-performing architecture teams.
  • Effective communication skills for engaging with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
  • Experience in establishing and driving architectural governance processes.


5. Technical Expertise:


  • Advanced expertise in AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS).
  • Strong knowledge of AWS networking, security, and identity management.
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.
  • Extensive programming/scripting skills (Java, Python, C#, JavaScript/Node.js).
  • Familiarity with AWS Well-Architected Framework and cloud architecture best practices.
  • Architecture and Design Skills:
  • Demonstrated success in designing and optimising scalable cloud-based solutions.
  • Experience with microservices and serverless architectures.
  • Ability to design systems ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.


Apply today and help drive our next chapter of technical excellence.



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